Sanitary garbage-can.



E. CLADEL.

SANITARY GARBAGE GAN.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR. 2a, 1913.

Patented Apr. 14, 19M

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1d, 191i.

application filed March 28, 1913. Serial No. 757,449.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that l, EDWARD CLADEL, a citizen ot the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, havev invented new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Garbage-Cans, of which lication.'

The general object of the invention is yto improve the construction of sanitary garbage cans, in point of cover positioning and cover adjusting properties. And to this end the invention resides in providing for the the following is aspecicover a mountl which consists of. movablel elements adapted for admitting of vertical and lateral movement of thecover in the act of positioning it upon or removing it from the mouth of the can, one of such members being spring-actuated, whereby to effect the proper positioning of the cover when the same is inadvertently displaced on the mouth of the can. v

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part hereof in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical cross section of the upper portion of the can looking at right angles to Fig. 1.

The sanitary garbage can herein shown and `indicated byul may be formed oiE any materialiound suitable for the purpose, as metal, and comprises a cylindrical body 5, a top or cover 6 and the cover positioning means forming the subject-matter of the presentinvention and designated generally by Z7.

. The cover 6 is formed with a depending rib or flange 't which, when the cover is positioned as shown in Figa 1 and 2, operates.

by bearing on the inner surface ot the body 5 to prevent lateral displacement of the cover until by lifting such cover, the ilange is positioned beyond the upper edge of the body. The cover is also :formed with a peripheral bearing :dange 8, which, when theY cover is positioned as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, bears on the upper edge ofthe body 5.

The cover positioning means includes a pair of brackets c-c disposed diametrically of the body andconnected by suitable pivots 2)*9 lto suitable hangerslO--lO fastened to the body 5. Each bracket' cincludes outwardly directed offset portions 11--11'arranged in spaced relation and providing ends for a cylinder 12 passed between them. These offset portions 11--11 are bored to loosely receive a piston rod 13, vas shown in Figs. l and 2.

Referring now to Figs. 1 and 2 the cover is provided with lugs 14.--14 which project -beyond the periphery of the cover and are diametrically disposed, positioned and pierced so as to receive the upper ends of the rods413-13. Suitable fastening means herein shown in-the form of nuts 15, are employed for fastening the rods to the lugs. The lugs may form part or beVV otherwise suitably connected to the cover, or as shown in .the drawings, they may form extensions of. the bail or handle 16 which is suitably fastened to the cover as by rivets 17.

Stops 18 are arranged'on the lower ends of the rods 13 and operate by moving into contact with the lower .offset portions 11, to limit the outward movement or displacement of thefrods. The amount of movement afforded to the rods b'y the stops 18 is sufficient to admit of lifting the cover to a position where' the flange 7 will'be beyond the upper edge of the body and of moving the cover laterally to Ia position where it may be tilted out of the vertical planeet the body and moved downwardly to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. This construction admits of readily discharging the contents of the cany when the` can is tilted into a garbage wagon.

Located lwithin the cylinders 12 and surrounding the rods 13--13 are compression springs 19-19 which are compressed by the heads 20-20 on the rods' 13-13 when the cover is lifted and moved laterally as just described. Since any amount of upward movement on the part of the cover will eect the tensionin of the springs 19--19 it will be manifest t at in the event of lift- 1ng the cover and moving it out of alinement with the body to a considerable degree and then releasing the cover, the anges 7-7 will first contact with the upper edge of the body and thereby prevent the relaxation of the springs 19-19 so that the springs thus tensioned will exert a downward pull on that part ci the cover overhanging the mouth of the can, thus causing the cover to turn on the edge of the can and move to its normal closed position.

What is claimed as new is: A can comprising a body, two sets of vbrackets pivotally mounted one at'each side end portions of the brackets of each vset, a

cover having lugs, rods adjustably attached to the lugs and passing through the cylinders and the end portionsof the brackets land a spring located in `each cylinder and bearing at one end a ainst the end portion of one bracket of eac set, said springs beino' operatively connected with the rods.

n testimony whereof I affix my signature -in presence of two witnesses.

rEDWARD CLADEL. Witnesses:

JOHN A. DoNAGAL, FRANK EBERHART. 

